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Good news - two new fillies born today! No images yet, but they were born to Activa and Anita...so get busy with coming up with wonderful names for girlz beginning with "A"

We must keep in mind that their survival is tenuous at best at the moment, but we hope for the best, don't we!
Rain is imminent in the Garub area and about 2 mm fell yesterday.
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Wild horses population steadily increasing: Shifeta
LÜDERITZ, 17 NOV (NAMPA) - The population of horses in the Namib-Naukluft Park and the Tsau //Khaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park is steadily increasing due to a Management Plan that was launched in Lüderitz on Friday by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET), its partners and stakeholders.

The plan has a goal of maintaining a viable and healthy horse population that contributes to improved community livelihoods and economic development for the the country.

In the 1980s, the population of the horses was estimated above 160 animals.

The horses were under the threat of becoming extinct when much of their population was reduced due to predators, with only 77 horses recorded in May 2019.

On Friday, however, the wild horse population was stated at 79.

“As a ministry we had to come up with a plan to ensure that these horses survive despite the harsh condition they are living in,” Shifeta said when he launched the plan.

Some community members advised that the horses should be relocated to private farms as a means to mitigate the situation, but the ministry was reluctant to authorise that.

The minister explained the his ministry took cognisance of the Aus residents and other residents living near the Tsau //Khaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park who derive benefits from tourism.

“What attracts more tourist are these horses. So, therefore their presence there [in the park] have economic value to that area. Which is why we have decided to come up with a plan to manage these animals peppery and to make sure that they survive,” he said.

The minister also extended gratitude to MET staff who camped at the observatory posts and looked after the horses while keeping predators such as hyenas away.

“The hyenas are forever gone now, I’m saying forever because for certain months we haven’t seen the presence of hyenas,” he noted.

The separation of the hyenas from the horses, Shifeta said, is an indication that the plan is working.

“So sooner we will have 100 horses from 79,” he added.
(NAMPA)

In the 1980s, the population of the horses was estimated above 160 animals.

Die Population war 2013 286 Tiere stark. Sie nahm bis August 2017 auf 115 Tiere (41 Stuten, 74 Hengste) ab, was vor allem der Dürre und der Zunahme an Hyänen zwischen 2012 und Ende 2017 geschuldet war. Im Januar 2018 gab es noch 84 Pferde. Der Bestand im September 2018 wurde mit 79 ausgewachsenen Tieren und einem Fohlen angegeben.[6] Im November 2018 war von nur noch 33 Stuten die Rede. Drei der vier geborenen Fohlen seien von Hyänen getötet worden.[2]

Hi Logi,

Bestand laut Wikipedia (dort mit Quellen):

travelNAMIBIA schrieb:
Ich habe auch Fotos und Videoaufnahmen - aber wenn es bei Wiki so steht, dann wird es wohl stimmen.

LG
Logi